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so much more than makeupMon, 09 May 2016 17:30:42 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.4In shower moisturizing lotions weigh heavily on my mindhttp://trailingglitter.com/2016/05/in-shower-moisturizing-lotions/
Mon, 09 May 2016 17:30:42 +0000http://trailingglitter.com/?p=38049Hey there. I know it’s been a hot minute, but I’ve had so much going on! The first thing I did was get involved with my local League of Women Voters, a non-partisan group dedicated to getting information out to everyone, but with a special emphasis on women. (Did you know that we have only […]

]]>Hey there. I know it’s been a hot minute, but I’ve had so much going on! The first thing I did was get involved with my local League of Women Voters, a non-partisan group dedicated to getting information out to everyone, but with a special emphasis on women. (Did you know that we have only had the vote for 100 years? Still blows my mind.) I’ve also signed up for a distance learning makeup course at QC Makeup Academy because I needed something to do while I finished settling in and deciding which course my life is going to take. I’ve only completed the first unit, but I’m finding it pleasantly challenging. I have no idea what I’ll do with the information I learn – freelance, maybe? Work at Sephora? (no.)? I honestly don’t know. I’ll just have to see where the road takes me.

In the meantime, I’ve been thinking about these in shower moisturizing lotions that have invaded my drugstore. picked up the Jergens moisturizer first. I liked the way it smelled in the store – a very light green tea scent which is one of my favorites. It reminds me of a spa or something similar. After the water was off and I was ready to moisturize, I rubbed this down all over. By the time the bottle was empty, I had decided that I really didn’t like it that much – it was thin with a silicone consistency, and it didn’t feel like it was doing my Texas-dry skin any favors. The smell had also gotten extremely tiresome.

Next up was the Nivea In Shower Skin Conditioner. The first time I used it, I didn’t rinse it off. The next time I used it I realized that you were supposed to rinse it off after application. I also realized that the scent was REALLY STRONG. Take what I’m saying with a grain of salt, because I’m pretty sensitive to smells, you might think it’s fantastic. All I’m saying is sniff it in the store and see if you can live with it. This one works better than the Jergens. In fact, it worked the best when I didn’t rinse it off, but that might not be an option for everyone. Overall the scent was too much, and I felt like I was rinsing away the best part of my moisturizer.

The reason these weigh heavily on my mind is because I love the concept, but I can’t get past the notion that I’m rinsing moisturizer down the toilet, and that the scents on these things were crazy. After a little contemplation and temptation with others in the drugstore, I’m sticking with my Neutrogena Body Oil. Oil is where it’s at.

]]>For someone who doesn’t much care for the current trend of contouring, I seem to end up talking about it an awful lot. But I am a fan of subtle contouring, and when I come across something that fits the bill, I love to share. This is a new product from L’Oreal, and I’m going to discuss how to use it. In my bathrobe.

]]>Rejoice, oily skinned folks! philosophy, a super awesome beauty brand, has released a line of skin care that we can actually use called take a deep breath. It’s always slightly shocking when I come across moisturizers that work well on my skin. If you have oily skin you already know that many of the cool new moisturizers and anti-aging products are far too heavy and increase the oil slick that you already had. It’s really kind of a bummer, because even oily skin needs good moisture and anti-aging. Especially if you’re of a certain age.

take a deep breath is oil free, so you don’t have a layer of oil on top of your oil. It also has an interesting technology called clean-air technology™ that allows the oxygen that your skin needs to breathe, while refreshing dull, rather lifeless skin. It also gives that skin some antioxidants and anti-pollutants because no one needs any free radicals in their life.

What I love the most about is how light it feels. It’s a little too light for me for night use, but it’s become my favorite day moisturizer to use under makeup. I’ve also combined it with a CC cream I have that has always been slightly too heavy to use and loved the way it made my skin look.

Also in the line and just as wonderful is the take a deep breath eye, an oxygenating eye cream that has the same benefits. Containing caffeine, it does a great job reducing the puffiness that I seem to have so often, especially during allergy season. It never fails – when I need my face to look perfect, I always seem to have major puffiness and dark circles (known affectionately as “allergy shiners”) all up on my face. take a deep breath eye really does help, along with some allergy eye drops and maybe a cold spoon pressed up against my lids. It also has clean-air technology™, as well as barley leaf (increases oxygen levels, not for beer, sorry) and peptides. take a deep breath eye is also my morning eye cream/gel, but I need something a little heavier for night use.

]]>Now, I haven’t actually tried these, but I love OCC, I love Lip Tars, and I love metallics, and I really love new shiny things. This In Bloom Lip Tar collection by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics looks so cool, and I can’t wait to get my hands on them.

They will be here in Dallas soon, along with New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Monica, Las Vegas, and McLean, VA as part of an Urban Outfitters collaboration. And they won’t be alone, as the collection also includes Loose Colour, Cosmetic Glitter, Cosmetic Colour Pencil, Professional Brush ranges, OCC Tint: Tinted Moisturizer and OCC Skin: Conceal.

The In Bloom Lip Tar shades are:

Poseur: cool lavender pink

Alt-Girl: metallic amethyst violet

Shoegazer: muted oxblood

Kelly: pink peach with gold metallic pearl

Whatever: jewel toned metallic jade

Soy Latte: mid-tone caramel

The entire In Bloom Lip Tar collection is available on UrbanOutfitters.com and all Urban Outfitters store.

]]>These strawberries and cream biscuits are my favorites. I make this recipe as often as I can, and they are gone before I know it. There are two ways to approach these: treat them as scones or crumble them in cream southern-style. Either one is amazing.

I almost always use more strawberries than called for in the recipe. Know that if you do this, it will make the biscuits more moist, because the juices of the fruit saturate everything. You can try and bake them longer to dry them out more, but that only ends in misery when you end up with hockey pucks instead of funny looking biscuits. The moist biscuits are best crumbled in cream because they are going to be moist anyway (wet, but it’s all good), while a scone style biscuit needs a drier dough.

They may look a mess, but their deliciousness makes up for it

Use a good flour. Southerners swear by White Lily flour, so try that if you can get your hands on it. I personally keep a container of it in my pantry because I make a LOT of biscuits. Don’t use a cake or finely milled flour, however. It isn’t substantial enough.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. In the bottom of a large, wide-ish bowl, whisk flours, baking powder, sugar and salt together. Add butter, either by cutting it in with two knives or a pastry blender. Cut it into the flour mixture with a pastry blender, breaking it up until the mixture resembles a crumbly meal with tiny pea-sized bits of butter about. Gently stir in the strawberries, so that they are coated in dry ingredient, then stir in heavy cream. Do not worry about getting the dough evenly mixed. It’s far more important that the dough is not overworked.

Generously flour your counter. With as few movements as possible, transfer your dough to the counter, generously flour the top of it and with your hands or a rolling pin, gently roll or press the dough out to a 3/4-inch thickness. Cut into 2 1/2-inch circles with a floured biscuit cutter or top edge of a drinking glass, pressing straight down and not twisting (this makes for nice layered edges) as you cut. Carefully transfer scones to prepared baking sheet, leaving a couple inches between each.

Bake the scones for 12 to 15 minutes, until bronzed at the edges and the strawberry juices are trickling out of the biscuits in places. Cool in pan for a minute, then transfer to a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.